Section 26-2-150 - Unlawful acts; penalties(A) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly:(1) act as or otherwise impersonate an electronic notary public, if that person is not an electronic notary public;(2) obtain, conceal, damage, or destroy the coding, disk, certificate, card, token, program, software, or hardware that is intended exclusively to enable an electronic notary public to produce a registered electronic signature, electronic seal, or single element combining the required features of an electronic signature and electronic seal; or(3) solicit, coerce, or in any way influence an electronic notary public to commit official misconduct.(B) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.(C) The sanctions of this chapter do not preclude other sanctions and remedies provided by law.Added by 2021 S.C. Acts, Act No. 85 (SB 631),s 2, eff. 5/18/2021. 2021 Act No. 85, Sections 1, 6, provide as follows:
"SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the 'South Carolina Electronic Notary Public Act'."
"SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Electronic online notary public applications will not be accepted for processing until the administrative rules are in effect and vendors of technology are approved by the Secretary of State."